OpenAI expands startup support team with new roles in India and South Korea

The AI research company is hiring Solutions Architects in Bangalore and Seoul to strengthen its engagement with fast-growing startup ecosystems.

OpenAI is expanding its global Startups team, adding Solutions Architect positions in India and South Korea to support early-stage companies building on its technology. The update was shared in a LinkedIn post by Wulfie Bain, who works on applied AI within the company’s startup division.

OpenAI, known for developing the GPT series and the ChatGPT platform, runs a Startups team focused on helping founders and developers integrate generative AI into commercial products. The team acts as a technical and strategic link between emerging companies and OpenAI’s research, product, and engineering groups.

Bain announced that his team is hiring for the new roles in Bangalore and Seoul, emphasizing the opportunity to work with startups pushing the boundaries of applied AI.

Bain wrote: “Hiring for the OpenAI Startups team in India (Bangalore) and South Korea (Seoul)! Come join my team and work with the world's top startups. Every single week you'll get to work with startups that are pushing the frontier, with teammates that are some of the highest talent and agency I've ever seen, and through this you'll help shape OpenAI itself.”

He described the positions as ideal for candidates with experience in AI or machine learning engineering, technical founding roles, or early-stage product development.

Bridging technology and founders

The Solutions Architect role connects OpenAI’s technology to local startup ecosystems, guiding founders through product development and integration. The company describes it as a bridge between “OpenAI’s technology and the most ambitious startup founders,” helping shape how frontier AI tools are applied in practice.

Candidates are expected to have both technical and entrepreneurial backgrounds, with strong communication skills and familiarity with fast-paced, prototype-driven environments. Fluency in English and Korean is required for the Seoul position.

According to Bain, the new roles will expand OpenAI’s direct support for regional founders while helping the company better understand how startups apply its models. He highlighted the need for people deeply connected to their local ecosystems and capable of working autonomously while collaborating closely with OpenAI teams.

Wulfie Bain added: “You’ll be a bridge between OpenAI’s technology and the most ambitious startup founders, not only guiding them but making sure startups continue to have their say in where frontier AI goes.”